330 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PART I. 



Sreener it will be : but doubtless, the pale green is best : 

 ut if you desire yellow hair which is only good, 

 when the weeds rot then put in the more marigolds; 

 and abate most of the copperas, or leave it quite out, 

 and take a little verdigrease instead of it. 



This for colouring your hair, 



And as for painting your rod, which must be in oil : 

 You must, first, make a size with glue and water, 

 boiled together, until the glue be dissolved, and Ihe 

 size, of a lye-colour : then strike your size-, upon i he 

 wood, with a bristle, or a brush, or pencil, whilst it is 

 hot: that being quite dry, take white-lead, anr! a little 

 red-lead, arid a little coal-black, so much as altogether 

 will make an ash-colour ; grind these altogether with 

 linseed-oil, let it be thick; and lay it, thin, upon the 

 wood with a brusji or pencil: this do for the ground 

 of any colour, to lie upon wood. 



For a green : take pink and verdigrease, and grind 

 them together in linseed- oil, as thin as you can well 

 grind it: then lay it smoothly on with your brush, 

 and drive it thin ; once doing, for the most part will 

 serve, if you lay it well ; and if twice, be sure your 

 first colour be thoroughly dry, before you lay on a 

 second. 



Well, scholar ! having now taught you to paint your 

 rod, and we having still a mile to Tottenham-high* 

 cross, [ will, as we walk towards it in the cool shade 

 of this sweet honeysuckle hedge, mention to you some 

 of the thoughts and joys that have possest v y soul since 

 we two met together. And these thoughts shall be told 

 you, that you also may join with me, in thankfulness, 

 to ihe Giver of every good and perfect gift, for our hap- 

 piness. And that our present happiness may appear 

 to be the greater, and we the more thankful for it, 

 I will beg you to consider with me, how many do, 

 .even at this very time, lie under the torment of the 

 stone, the gout, and tooth-ache ; and this we are free 

 from. And every misery that J miss is a new mercy; 

 and therefore let us be thankful. There have been, 

 since we met, others that have met disasters of broken 

 limbs; some have been blasted, others thunder-struck-* 



